How can I save a file from the server to my machine to a specified location?

owens

Hi all,

Using PHP, I am able to download a file through a 'Download Dialog Box'.
It offers me to download the file from the server to a desired location on my machine.
But what I want is...
The file should be downloaded directly to a folder that is specified in the source code (say MyDocuments/MyFolder/MyFile.txt).
I don't want the 'Save as' option to appear.

It would be of gr8 help, if I could find somebody who helps with the solution.

Thanks in advance,
Owens Jesse.

thorpe

not gonna happen.

owens

Dear Thorpe,

Won't it be possible making some changes to the following code also...

header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");

header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=file.zip");

The above code offers me to download the file to a desired location.
With minor changes may be in the 'Content-disposition' parameter, can I download the file directly to a specified location?

I am really in need of this functionality...

not gonna happen

.
I wonder, can't this be done using php?
Then certainly this is a drawback of the language.

drew010

PHP is all server side, meaning it has no control over the client machine. Prompting them with the download box is the closest you will ever get to putting a file on their computer, and they still have the choice to reject. For one it would be a gigantic security risk if a PHP script was able to just save a file to a persons harddrive without asking, (and im sure now most browsers would override the ability).
Any scripting language you try (ASP, ColdFusion, Perl, Ruby etc) wont be able to do this. If you really need it done, a microsoft activex object FileSystemObject is what you are going to want to use BUT the user must be using internet explorer, they must have their security settings very low (or allow your site to run scripts) and if they have any decent virus scanner it will certainly alert them to this activity and try to stop it.